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Ovine - What does it mean?

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ovine

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep.
  • * 1992 , Colin Tudge, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped , page 175
    • Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so. Antelope, evolutionarily speaking, are somewhere between cattle and sheep: some are cattle-like, and some are more ovine .
  • Specifically, resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent.

    • Synonyms

    * (of or relating to sheep) sheeplike, sheepy * (resembling a sheep in character)

    Derived terms

    * corticorelin ovine triflutate * infectious ovine keratoconjunctivitis * ovine acetonaemia, ovine acetonemia * ovine babesiosis * ovine-caprine lentivirus * ovine ecthyma vaccine * ovine foot rot * ovine genital campylobacteriosis * ovine genital vibriosis * ovine mastitis * ovine progressive pneumonia * ovine pulmonary adenomatosis * ovine smallpox

    Related terms

    * oviform * Ovinae * ovination * Ovis

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sheep.

    • Anagrams

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.